Media reports have claimed that consultations are underway between the Turkish government and the Hamas Movement over the possibility of opening offices for the Islamic Resistance Movement on Turkish territory.

Eleven years after 12 year-old Mohammed Al-Durra was shot and killed during an Israeli military operation in Gaza, a court in France is to review the footage of his death to decide on its authenticity. The filmed report of the Palestinian child's death by French journalist Charles Enderlin has been at the centre of accusations by pro-Israel activists that the footage of the child being shielded by his father before succumbing to bullet wounds was fabricated. Enderlin and his Palestinian cameraman, Talal Abu Rahma, covered the incident on 30 September 2000, in the early days of the Second (Al-Aqsa) Intifada.

Turkey's Prime Minister has said that lifting the siege of Gaza is one of the three conditions that his government has set for the revival of its relationship with Israel. Recep Tayyip Erdogan made his statement during a meeting with his Gaza counterpart, Ismail Haniyeh, who is visiting Turkey as part of his first foreign tour since 2007.

Reports from Turkey have given details of a joint naval exercise with Egypt in Turkish territorial waters in the northern Mediterranean. Dozens of warships from both countries are taking part in the exercise along with elements of the Special Forces and Turkey's Air Force Reserve.

The theme for the exercise is "Sea of Friendship 2011" and live ammunition will be used in drills practising how to repel surface and airborne targets. According to Turkish television, this is the third year that such an exercise has taken place. Ankara is said to encourage such programmes owing to the "good relations which link Egypt and Turkey".